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Rev. Archibald Stobo’s Bible, circa 1658. This Bible belonged to the Reverend Archibald Stobo, a Scottish Presbyterian minister who arrived in Charleston in 1700. The Bible was one of the few possessions that survived the destruction of the

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Rev. Archibald Stobo’s Bible, circa 1658. This Bible belonged to the Reverend Archibald Stobo, a Scottish Presbyterian minister who arrived in Charleston in 1700. The Bible was one of the few possessions that survived the destruction of the Rising Sun, the ship upon which Stobo and his family sailed to Charleston.

QUITO (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck central Ecuador on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, injuring one person and disrupting power supply to nearby areas. It hit 94 km (58 miles) south of the city of Ambato at

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